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LATEST NEWS
York U students enrolled in C4 summer course build community spirit in Scarborough
The students were taking part in the University’s innovative Cross Campus Capstone Classroom (C4) learning opportunity. Fifty undergraduate students developed solutions to help Scarborough residents make the best use of community spaces.
STS Seminar Series looks at agricultural technology’s role in deepening industry inequities
The 2021-22 Science and Technology Studies (STS) Research Seminar Series continues on Oct. 26 with Assistant Professor Sarah Rotz’s talk titled “Disciplining Land, Deepening Inequity.”
Mindfulness meditation can help with pandemic transitions
Students, staff and faculty are invited to start the fall season with a mindfulness meditation clinic hosted by the York University Psychology Clinic, beginning Oct. 19.
THE SCOOP
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission approves Nasdaq’s board diversity proposal, which relies on the research findings in Osgoode Professor Aaron Dhir’s book “Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity”
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TEACHING & LEARNING
Seminar offers instructional strategies to support science students’ mental health
On Oct. 19, UBC Professor Jaclyn Stewart will discuss strategies to foster social connection. learning motivation and perceptions of learning in classroom settings.
Event offers faculty a chance to learn about Academics Without Borders
Academics Without Borders and York International are co-hosting an information session on program opportunities, Tuesday, Oct. 12.
SEEC program funding to boost immigrant skills training
The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) at York University will help unemployed and underemployed immigrants to acquire project management skills thanks to a $400,000 joint agreement with partner organizations and Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Labour and Skills Development.
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York announces launch of Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages
The new organized research unit will focus on Indigenous and decolonizing scholarship and will be led by Deborah McGregor, an associate professor at York and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School.